Poem Category: Australian

Sudden noise in the wind

the start of a dream

I’ll never see finished.

Red flowering Gum

how the cicada has quietened

in the boy’s dirty hand.

Bell birds

piano practice leaves

the little girl’s hands.

Father looks away

so soon all her good-byes

from her wedding party.

Railway cross-road

the quiet grazing

of the stockman’s cattle.

Tea brews

among the patio ferns

grandmother’s talk.

Abandoned boy’s home

and did I break a window

to scramble out.

Letter box

the post man straightens

the old girl’s fence.

Family beach

with the lime bikini blonde

someone’s pretty tot.